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N- FEYERS, PHOTOLITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

WALTER P.DEANE, OF ATTLEBOROUGH FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENT, TO D. GOFF 8t SONS AND LYMAN B. GOFF, OF

PAVVTUOKET, RHODE ISLAND.

BRAlD-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,964, dated May 25,1880.

Application filetliNovember 13, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER P. DEANE, of Attleborongh Falls, in thecounty of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Braid'Holders, which improvement is fully setforth in the following specification, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a simple and easilyadjusted device for keepingthe braid or other narrow fabric in place on the spool, following it asit is unwound therefrom, and. confining it at the point of leaving theroll; and theinvention consists of a spool having annular 1 grooves orindentations in the ends, in combination with a clasp or holder havingcontracted ends so formed as to run in the grooves and keep the clasp orholder in or near a line tangent to the curve of the grooves, wherebythe clasp or holder may not only follow the braid or other narrow fabricin unwinding, but may be pressed to the same, and thus confine it moreclosely at the point where it leaves the roll.

. 1n the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of aroll of braid having a deviceembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 1 l in Fig. 1.Figs. 3 and 4 are views of the clasp The clasp or holder D is of a formto inclose the braid, surrounding the coil at the sides and periphericsurface, as shown, and has the ends a a bent inward to run in thegrooves 0. Each end a is bent not only so as to enter a 4.0 groove, butalso to be in the groove some distance, or, in other Words, to be in thegroove in a line approximating its curvature for a greater length thanthe width of the groove. The result of this shape of the ends a a is tokeep the clasp or holderin or near a line tangent to the curve of thegrooves, as shown, and thus not only that it may run evenly, but also bepressed to the periphery of the roll as the braid is unwound.

The clasp adjusts readily to the braid and binds on the same, so as tokeep it in place at the point of leaving the roll, the clasp or holderfollowing the braid as it nnwinds with great facility,'and also assistsin rewindin g the braid 5 5 and confines the outer end of the coil.

I claim as my invention A device for holding coils of braid or othernarrow fabric, consisting of a spool having an annular groove in eachend and aclasp or holder adapted to fit over the sides and periphcry ofthe coil, having its free ends bent substantially as shown, so as torest in the grooves and to be adjusted and travel therein as the braidor fabric is coiled or uncoiled, all sub- 6 stantially as set forth.

WALTER P. DEANE.

. Witnesses:

E. R. PRICE, HARVEY CLoss.

